Scissors-sharpener.



No. 788,447' PATENTED APR. 25, 1905. G. H. WINDSOR.

SGISSORS SHARPENER.

APPLIOATION FILED 06124, 1903.

- UNITED STATES Patented April 25, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. WINDSOR, OF FORT TOTTEN, NEWV YORK.

SOlSS ORS-SHARPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,447, dated April25, 1905.

. Application filed October 24, 1903- Serial No. 178,375.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. WINDSOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Totten, in the county of Queens and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Scissors-Sharpeners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to a device useful for sharpeningscissors by drawing the blade thereof across the surface of a file,strip of emery, or other sharpening material, and comprises a blockholding the file and a gage-block to give the proper bevel to thescissors, together with ascrew which binds the file between the blocks.

The device is characterized by simplicity and cheapness, as will be moreapparent from the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thedevice, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof.

. Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates a base-block, madeof hard wood or the like, and 7 a movable file, strip of emery, or othersuitable sharpening material, that is seated in a rabbet formed in thetop of the block at one end thereof. The sharpeningstrip is held inplace by a clip consisting of a plate 8, secured to the end of the blockand having an inturned edge 9 bearing upon the face of the strip 7 atone end thereof. Upon the other end thereof is a gage and bindingblock10, which is beveled at its inner edge, as at 11. A screw 12 extendsthrough the gage-block and serves to clamp the part 7 in place and whichserves-to hold the contiguous end thereof firmly in position.

In use the side of the scissors-blade is placed against the bevel withits edge on thestrip 7 and drawn back and forth to obtain the edge. Atthe end of the block opposite the strip 7 is a notch 13, in which theedge of the blade may be rubbed to remove any roughness produced by thesaid strip. The device may be made in a variety of sizes to suit shearsor scissors of different sizes and may be produced at small cost.

The sharpening-strip may be adjusted to present fresh cutting-surfacesby simply unclamping the same and moving it along to the desired cuttingposition.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In ascissors-sharpener, a base-block having a rabbet formed in its upperface, a sharpening element of smaller surface area than the adjacentsurface of the block and seated in and adjustable longitudinally of therabbet, a clip attached to the block and having an overturned portionengaging the outer edge of the sharpening element adjacent to one endthereof, a gage-block fixed upon the base-block and overlying to otherend of the sharpening element, said gage-block having a beveled face,anda clamping member extended through the gage-block and adapted forengagement with the sharpening element to fix the same against movement.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in" presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. IVINDSOR.

Vitnesses:

RUPERT FoLenR, Mrs. J. J. GASTON.

